Foreign Countries and World Markets 
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COUNTRY 
’ 
IMPORTS 
(IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS) 
Exports 
(IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS) 
Total 
“rom United 
States 
TY «TT 
"» United 
states 
Porto Rico . . 
Portugal . . . 
Rumania 
Russia. . 
Siam. . . 
Spain . . . 
Sweden . 
Switzerland . 
Turkey . . . . . 
Union of South Africa 
United Kingdom . . 
United States . . . 
Uruguay . . . . . 
Venezuela . . 
Yugoslavia 
02 
[11 
202 
367 
4 
158 
125 
383 
123 
343 
5927 
as 
rg 
228 
397 
88 
369 
133 
386 
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B. The change in the kind of goods exported by the United States. 
‘Compare this problem with Problem D, page 297. Use Figure 117.) 
Supply the figures for the last column of Table III, A (page 295), by find- 
ing the percentage by which each class of exports has increased or de- 
creased. Why have some classes changed more than others? 
[n 1880 about 23 per cent of the population of the United States lived 
in cities, while in 1920 this number had risen to 53. What has this to do 
with the change in our exports of (a) foodstuffs? (b) manufactures ? 
Name four of the foodstuffs that are exported most largely from the 
United States. From what part of the country do they chiefly 
come ? 
How has the increase in our city population prevented our decrease in 
exports of foods from causing a lowering of prices in the United States? 
Name three countries that are gradually taking our place in supplying 
the world’s market with foods. What geographical conditions make it 
possible for them to do this? 
Name three nations that call on us to help feed them. Describe the 
geographical conditions that lead them to do this. 
Compare the changes in the percentages of foodstuffs and of manufac- 
tures exported by the United States (Table III, A). 
What parts of the world do we endeavor to supply with manufactured 
products ? 
With what nations do we compete for these sales? What are the condi- 
tions that enable them to comvpete with us?